Sheppard v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree murder of Monquell Wimberly. Appellant was also convicted of the first-degree felony murder of Patrick Stafford, for which Stafford was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions and sentence of death, holding (1) there was no fundamental error in the admission of a videotaped statement Appellant gave to detectives after he was taken into custody; (2) there was no prejudicial error in the admission of a codefendant’s out-of-court statement; (3) the admission of testimony concerning an eyewitness’s fear of the shoot did not constitute fundamental error; (4) Appellant was not entitled to relief on his claim of juror misconduct or premature deliberation; and (5) competent, substantial evidence supported the verdict of guilt as to the first-degree murder conviction and the felony murder conviction.
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